APPROVE

approve

Verb

  1. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
  2. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
  3. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  4. To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
    Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.


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